I it is I
The asserted I
Who vows nevermore to indulge
In destructive self-contempt

The eminent critic
I am not a critic
The author of the paradigm-shifting argument
I am not an author

A poet much less than an author
The foul rag and lonely bone
That shakes against the grease cold
I am not c c c c c

Ledger of avowals
Intentional derangement
Surplus numerology
Compassionate not contempt

Do not scorn that I am not
It is I
My only addressee
Narcissus sister